firstprimate

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by firstprimate 11mo ago
I am not. Technically that would mean adding a stochastic process driven by an ambiguous language to my deterministic workflow, and change my job from deep thinking about problem solving to reviewing and testing code that changes more often
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by firstprimate 4y ago
I started with the 7 minute workout using this app: https://apps.apple.com/ca/app/j-j-official-7-minute-workout/... . Doing it once a day helped me with fitness and mobility. Less pain doing stuff around the h
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by firstprimate 6y ago
So much this. The original question has the cart before the horse. First understand the problem you're trying to solve, then solve THAT problem. Not the one you wish you had. Or, in the words of John Gall: "A complex system that w
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Naomi Klein argues climate change is a battle between capitalism and the planet(irishtimes.com)
3 points by firstprimate 10y ago|1 comments
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by firstprimate 11y ago
FTA: "But terrorism is aimed, in part, at pushing us to jump to conclusions and take panicky steps that inflict more pain and misdirect our resources toward failed and dangerous ideas."
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by firstprimate 11y ago
So this may be considered hijacking, but here goes. What the EFF, and many others, get wrong is that this is terrorism aimed at the West because of 'our freedoms', or these are religious nutters who want to kill Westerners because
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by firstprimate 11y ago
Right. That addresses the point about mangling YAML into something that looks like a language. It was this that made be curious: "It's that in general you don't want a Turing-complete language to do configuration management,
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by firstprimate 11y ago
Can you elaborate on this?
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by firstprimate 12y ago
The War on Terror provides the opportunity. The War on Drugs provides the rationale. Both these are levers controlled by the US and both cost it much in treasure and lives for little gain (I'm following standard US practice and ignorin
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by firstprimate 13y ago
My experience is obviously is anecdotal, but nonetheless I learnt this from my daughter. When she was about 3 my wife and I were discussing a birthday gift. My wife wanted to get her a kitchen play set (stove, dishes, etc) and I disagreed,
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by firstprimate 13y ago
You're being too charitable: http://www.democracynow.org/blog/2010/12/22/president_obamas...
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by firstprimate 13y ago
Seizing disks is different from snooping without your knowledge. This also requires a higher level of legal justification. Passing background checks for my employees and me is a valid requirement and one that I will implement. However, not
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by firstprimate 13y ago
I am going with the last option. Rely on bundled licenses. Seeing as I also provide a fully managed service, I include all software updates etc. for those who pay the annual license. The rest are not my customers and worrying about them is
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Ask HN: Would you let me manage your personal mail server?(appxecute.com)
2 points by firstprimate 13y ago|3 comments
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by firstprimate 13y ago
I provide a service to manage a personal mail server. See http://appxecute.com for more details.
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by firstprimate 14y ago
Fiction:- The Expanse by James S. A. Corey http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan_Wakes & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calibans_War Near SF by Daniel Saurez http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_(Suarez_novel) Non Fiction:- Katheri